On This Day, 1974: On 23 July 1974, two RAF Phantom FGR.2s of No. 41 Squadron reached Akrotiri to support reconnaissance and…
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Second World War
On 14 February 1940, an RAF Coastal Command Lockheed Hudson located the German ship Altmark, helping set up the Royal Navy’s dramatic interception.